BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American printed circuit board shipments increased 0.8% year-over-year in October, says IPC. Year-to-date shipments are down 1%. Sequentially, PCB shipments were down 5.2%.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Christine Taylor, a graduate student at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been selected as the recipient of the 2014 Charles Hutchins Educational Grant.

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics reported a net loss of $446,000 on revenue of $35.7 million for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 30. 

MINNEAPOLIS -- HEI Inc. announced today that it has engaged an advisory firm to assist in reviewing strategic options, including the possibility of selling all or part of the company, in addition to financing, investing and consolidation alternatives.